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Bioinformatician

Posted date: 2017-Nov-24

Location: UK

uk: Bioinformatician [2 y + | 100% | Duties: The Goulder group in the Department of Pediatrics at Oxford University is seeking a Postdoctoral Bioinformatician to work on Wellcome Trust and NIH-funded projects investigating HIV cure potential in paediatric HIV infection. The specific work with which the candidate would be engaged on these projects is in deep sequencing of the virus and analysis of the deep sequence data generated. To support the viral sequencing work in the group, including the next generation sequencing of HIV. To help generate HIV deep sequences from samples of plasma and DNA. To analyse HIV NGS datasets using bioinformatics approaches. To interpret, and support the group to interpret, the data generated from bioinformatics analyses of NGS data | Minimum Requirements: A PhD/DPhil in a relevant discipline. Experience in application of bioinformatics tools for the analysis of NGS data. Ability to code in a suitable scripting language (Perl or Python preferred). Experience in the analysis of large molecular datasets, including phylogenetic analysis. Experience and expertise in molecular techniques relevant to virology including the detection, sequencing and analysis of viral RNA and DNA. Multi-tasking; time management skills; able to work to deadlines and achieve milestones] / University of Oxford; Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom / deadline December 8